[meteorite-list] Craterfield in the SE part of the Egyptian Desert
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
Sat Oct 9 05:13:41 EDT 2004
Good morning List,
I wrote yesterday:
> It would be interesting to verify how far away these structures are from
> the BP and Oasis structures, and, thus, by extension, from the Libyan
> Desert Glass strewn field !
Michel Franco responded:
> They are not so far from the BP and Oasis structure (are those 2 stuctures
> contemporaneous?) which are South South West of the Libyan Glass Strewnfield.
The age(s) of the BP (= British Petroleum) and Oasis structures have not
yet been exactly determined, there is only an upper limit of about 120 Ma.
LDG has an age of "only" ~28 Ma, which would imply that there is no relationship.
C. Koeberl, on the other hand, found that LDG major- and trace-element abundances
and Sr- and Nd-isotopic compositions of the rocks from the B.P. and Oasis impact
structures in eastern Libya and those of LDGs are similar.
But Koeberl is hesitant about confirming a direct relationship because
of the lack of age information for the two Libyan structures.
Best wishes,
Bernd
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